Motif
champion's missile assault with stones and earth
champion_s_missile_assault_with_stones_and_earth
A motif of the Sacred Combat and Ritual Warfare family, within the sub-family Champion Combat and Duel. Every row below is a tagged passage; each rests on a quote in its source text.
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1 traditions
celtic irish
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The Ancient Irish Epic Tale Tain Bo Cualnge THE RED-SHAME OF MENN FOLLOWETH HERE / HERE FOLLOWETH THE ACCOUTREMENT OF THE CHARIOTEERS / HERE FOLLOWETH ILIACH'S CLUMP-FIGHT / HERE NOW THE DEER-STALKING OF AMARGIN IN TALTIU; lines 12842-12870 confidence: high
his people furnished him with rocks and boulders and great clumps of earth
Amargin is supplied with rocks, boulders, and earth-clumps and uses them to pelt the men of Erin.
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